The diminutive being revealed to be the Awareness, proclaimed that he had existed long before the "Big Bang" created the known universe, and destroyed his entire race. It was through this event that he was granted his great power. The Elder of the Universe known as the Contemplator describes his hunger for consciousness, as being on par with the hunger of the world devourer Galactus. He has spanned the galaxy stripping every thought, every memory, every feeling and flash of intuition, from the inhabitants any world he has come in contact with to feed his hideous plans.